Carolina Fire Days 2025

What is Carolina Fire Days?

Carolina Fire Days is a four-day educational conference that brings together firefighters from all over the country who strive to hone their skills and better themselves for the job, their families, and themselves.  Carolina Fire Days is 100% inclusive and encourages family & spouse involvement.

Carolina Fire Days support Sons of the Flag (501c3), a charity close to our hearts.  We also support many other secondary charities and have donated to Next Rung, NC Peer Support, The Joey D Foundation, and The Alex Scripp Memorial Scholarship in the past.  

Conference Format

Carolina Fire Days 2025 is a 4-day firefighter educational conference in the Charlotte Metro area.

Held November 12-15, 2025, including lecture and hands-on training.

Lectures will commence on November 12th and 13th in Charlotte, NC. Two to four speakers will appear each day.

Six local training sites will offer hands-on training on November 14th and 15th. Individual classes will be offered at each site.

In addition to the typical hands-on training classes for firefighters, we offer the firefighter spouse experience, "Taking Control: Homefront to the Fire Ground." This program allows firefighters' spouses and family members to participate in some of the same tasks as their firefighters, such as wearing turnout gear, stretching and flowing hand lines, forcing doors, and even taking a guided trip to other H.O.T. sites.

After Events

We will have evening activities following the great lectures on Wednesday and Thursday.

November 12th will include a relaxed round-table event featuring a variety of successful fire service couples for an open discussion on fire service relationships, life, and career advice.

This round-table is open for EVERYONE, couples and individuals alike. Food will be provided for this evening's event.

November 13th, We are working to hold a social event at a local brewery/eatery.

History

Carolina Fire Days started in 2020 as a two-day conference in Asheboro, NC, as a litmus test for a larger event. The format was a one-day lecture and one-day hands-on training.

2021 Carolina Fire Days was moved to the Charlotte Metro area as the same 5-day conference format it is today. 2021 was a great success to add to our various single-day lecture events and multiple single hands-on days in the past few years. Our team of volunteers pulled off the event very smoothly. Through monetary donations and conference passes, we donated over $8,000.

2022 proved to be yet another amazing year! We had a lecture venue change and couldn't have been happier. The speakers and HOT instructors were amazing. Through monetary donations and conference passes, we donated over $10,000. 

2023 was our biggest year yet. We served more than 1,600 meals to 400 dedicated people committed to investing in themselves and others. Through monetary donations and conference passes, we donated over $16,000. 

2024 proved to be one of our most amazing years. We had a licensed mental health clinician on site, which was phenomenal. Over 300 attendees and volunteers traveled from 32 different states. Through monetary donations and conference passes, we donated over $12,800.00. 

Sons of The Flag (501c3)

Sons of the Flag YouTube Video 

SOTF Mission: Revolutionize burn care and quality of life for veterans, first responders, and families.

SOTF Vision: Accelerate the process of testing leading technologies and push them into circulation for immediate use by burn survivors across the nation.

Carolina Fire Days supports Sons of the Flag, which strives to provide burn care research and burn care treatment for anyone in the United States.

Email- support@carolinafiredays.com

Joe Yowler Cell – 704-652-8559

Heather Yowler Cell - 980-622-7116

Thomas Yow Cell - 980-521-2108